Fire guts vacant apartment building in East Orange

Google MapsA map view of North Walnut Street in East Orange, where a vacant four-story apartment building was severely damaged in an early-morning fire.

EAST ORANGE — A vacant four-story apartment building was severely damaged in an early-morning fire in East Orange, according to News 12 New Jersey.

The three-alarm blaze is considered suspicious, an East Orange fire official told the cable news station. The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. in the rear of 83 North Walnut Street on the second, third and fourth floors.

It took firefighters from East Orange, Newark, Bloomfield and Montclair about two hours to extinguish the fire. No one was injured. The building will likely have to be knocked down.